Alison Acheson
1) Molly's Cue
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Molly's Cue is a story of growing up only to discover that things aren't the way you always thought they were; but with persistence there's more than one way to reach for the stars. For always and EVER, Molly Gumley has wanted to be on stage, has imagined and dreamed of life as an actor. That's because Grand, her grandmother, filled Molly with colourful stories of theatre life, and with her faith in what she saw as Molly's destiny. But as Molly enters...
2) Mud Girl
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Aba Zytka Jones (Abi) doesn't expect to get anything from anybody. Her dad's stuck in his chair and her mom s taken off, but she's going to work out what to do on her own. At least that's what she thinks. Sixteen, almost seventeen, Abi Jones hasn't got cool clothes, friends, or, since last year, a mother. What she has is a lot of questions. And a need to make a life of her own. Abi lives with her dad in an odd little house by the Fraser River. Over...
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In beautiful free verse, a child ponders the very familiar and what might lie beyond.
Every morning, in a little house in a little town in the middle of a big place, a girl waits by the window for a train to go by. And every morning, as the train rushes and rumbles past her window, the girl waves to the engineer and the engineer waves back - his wave and her wave together make a home in her heart. The girl is curious about the engineer, about where...
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Grandpa takes care of the garden, kneads bread, and makes music on the piano. Everyone in Callie's family helps out around the house, now that Grandpa, who has Alzheimer's, lives with them. The family becomes Grandpa's "home team," and Callie loves spending time with them. As months go by, Grandpa forgets more, and he can't do as much as he could before. But he can still make music - his fingers remember the notes on the piano. And when he can't recall...
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Marty, age 57, was given a preliminary diagnosis of ALS by his family doctor. Seven weeks later, the diagnosis was confirmed by a neurologist. Ten months and ten days later, Marty passed away.
From day one, Alison, Marty's spouse of over twenty-five years, kept a journal as a way to navigate the overwhelming state of her mind and soul. Soon the rawness of her words harmonized to tell the story of Marty's diagnosis, illness, and decline. Her journal...